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Of their goods take alms, that so thou might purify and sanctify them; and pray on their behalf, verily your prayers (My Beloved) are a source of peace for them: and Allah is One Who hears and knows

Jahaan jahoo waha nure hidayat hoh toh kya kehna

Tasawwur meh ruke paake risaalat hoh toh kya kehna

Mahek uthe heh mere bostdaane dil keh

Na aaye yaad kuchbi, maa siwaae Gumbade Khazra

Mujhe sare jahaan seh aisi gaflat hoh toh kya kehna

Wherever I go, I see the light of guidance, and then what can I say.

In my imagination I see the face of the pure Messenger, and then what can I say.

Fragrant has become the garden of my heart

I remember nothing but the Green Dome of Madinah

If I become so heedless of the world around me then what can I say.

A Jew and a Muslim were involved in a dispute. They took their case to the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him and his family). The Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him and his family) ruled in favor of the Jew. The Muslim, who in reality was a hypocrite, was dissatisfied with the Holy Prophet 's (Peace be upon him and his family) ruling and decided to go to Umar (may Allah be well pleased with him) who was known for his harshness against the disbelievers. The hypocrite (munaafiq) thought that definitely Umar would not rule in favor of a Jew against a Muslim. Since unfortunately when Allah takes away Faith (Iman), He also takes away intelligence. The Hypocrite who lost his case in the Supreme Court goes to appeal in the Lower Court. When they went to Umar and explained the situation to him and how the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him and his family) had already ruled in favor of the Jew, Umar made his decision. Umar's insight (firaasa) and the fact that the case was brought to him after the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him and his family) 's decision told him that this was not a person of Iman, but a Hypocrite. Hazrath Umar unsheathed his sword and decapitated the Hypocrite. When the incident became public knowledge, the public at large, began to say that Umar had killed a Muslim. Hazrath Umar (may Allah be well pleased with him) presented himself to the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him and his family) and said in his defense:

'O Beloved Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) Umar killed who recites the ‘Testifies the Faith’ (Kalimah), observes prayer (salaah) and fasts (saum), but you know that I did not kill a Muslim because they cannot have Faith (Iman) if they do not accept your judgment.'

Allah loved this expression of love of Umar (Radiallahu anhu) so much that He sent Gabriel [Jibraeel] (may Allah bless him with peace) with revelation on that occasion.

But no, by thy Lord, they can have no (real) Faith, until they make thee judge in all disputes between them, and find in their souls no resistance against thy decisions, but accept them with the fullest conviction.

The question arises, 'Did Allah or His Messenger (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) instruct Umar (radiallahu anhu) to kill the munaafiq?' No! Umar's love (ishq) told him that a blasphemer must be put to death. Love does not wait for orders. The Qur'aan affirmed that what Umar did was right.

One is attached first to the moon by the moonlight and to the sun by the sunbeams. The moonlight cannot be separated from the moon and neither can the sunbeams be separated from the sun. What are Muslims being taught? They have lost the source of grace and they feel that they can get grace from Allah. The source of grace as established by Allah is only the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him and his family). Association with Rasulallah is association with Allah. The closer your bond with him the closer you are to Allah. When Allah wanted Hazrath Umar for Islam he took him to the Court of The Messenger (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam). One look of grace changed his aggressive stance into one of Faith (iman) and extreme love for Rasulallah (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam). He approached the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him and his family) with the intent to kill (khooni) but the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him and his family) presented him to Allah as his companion (Sahabi).

After the battle of Badr, two persons in Makkah the Ennobled, intent of avenging their defeat in this battle, Safwan and Umayr, had planned to kill the Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam). They secretly promised each other that if either was captured or killed in the attempt to kill the Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam), the other would take care of the deceased's family. The plan was that Umayr would go to the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him and his family) pretending to want to secure the release of his son who was a prisoner of war. When Umayr approached the Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) in Madinah, the Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) told him of the entire secret conversation that took place in Makkah. Experiencing the knowledge of the unseen of the Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) he became a Muslim. How unfortunate it is that those who profess to be Muslims deny the Prophet has knowledge of the unseen.

The acceptance of the performance of the five pillars of Islam cannot be guaranteed. Therefore one cannot have peace, not knowing whether the prayer (salaah), fasting (saum) etc. are accepted. In Sura 9 at-Tauba: Verse 103 the Prophet is asked to make supplicate to Allah (salle alaihim) for giving our hearts peace. Our sending ‘salutations and peace’ (durood and salaam) on him is for our benefit and only to obtain blessings for us and not to benefit the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him and his family) in anyway. Allah has asked us out of sheer mercy, that we may also participate in this great and noblest of acts and send ‘salutations and peace’ (durood and salaam). ‘Send your benedictions on him (i.e. ask Allah to bless him) and salute him with a worthy salutation.’ Allah has blessed him abundantly and will continue to bless His prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) abundantly.

The Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him and his family) has been asked to bless us (salle alaihim) but we have been asked to bless him and send peace (sallu alaihi wa sallimu) in Sura 33 al-Ahzab Verse 56.

Allah and His angels shower blessings (continuously) on The Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam). Oh believers! Send your benedictions on him (i.e. ask Allah to bless him) and salute him with a worthy salutation. (I.e. with respect and love)

Our asking Allah to bless him does not benefit him in any way, since Allah is ceaselessly blessing him. Allah has asked us to do this out of His Mercy so that we may be blessed by Him. The Holy Prophet asking Allah to shower peace on us is a guarantee for blessing and peace. Baseless arguments are put up to prevent Muslims from standing and reading salaam. If one argues that in salaah we sit and read salaam and therefore it is not permissible to stand, then on the same token we stand and read Qur'aan in salaah therefore we should not sit and read. How sad it is that the Islamic Community has been deprived of the only act of virtue in which there is a participation of Allah with His servants. Remember this word ‘yusalluna’ in ‘yusalluna alan nabi’ is ‘sighah al-istimraar’ or ‘mudarriya’ it stands for ‘a continuous action’. An action that never ceases! (Past, perfect, continuous verb) Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He) has been sending Salaam on His beloved Prophet (Peace be upon him and his family) since time immemorial and will continue to do so until their remains no creation to recite salaat-o- salaam, i.e. this creation ceases to exist. Is this something ordinary that we can ignore or pass by, heedlessly? Remember, when one reads Durood one speaks with Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He). Allah forgives ten sins, raises the status ten folds and He gives ten virtues. Therefore, Durood builds status whilst in Salaam one speaks to the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him and his family) and it builds relationship. Salaam is also the ‘practice of Allah’ (Sunnat-e-llahi) whilst all Compulsory acts of Virtue’ (Farz ibadah) is practice of the Holy Prophet (Sunnat-e-Rasul). It is sad that those who have divided knowledge into two water tight compartments, religious and secular, have failed to realize the constitution of, and thereby the greatness, of the Holy Prophets personality.

The Black stone of the Kaaba can be kissed when one is near and gestured to when one is far. Both these acts are accepted as kissing. One wall separated Abu Lahab from our beloved Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam), yet he remained distant. On the other hand Uwais al-Qarni (may Allah be well pleased with him) never met the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him and his family) yet he was close.

In the absence of water, one can make Ablution with soil (tayammum). Therefore it can be said that tayammum is the vicegerent or khalifa of Ablution with water (wudhu). In the same way, the Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) has placed his vicegerents throughout the world. In the absence of the Prophet's Holy Court (Darbare Rasul), the court of the Intimates of Allah (awliya) or those who have actualized their potential of being khalifatullah fil ard is actually the embassy of the Holy Court of our Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) . Therefore the supplication (dua) of Shaykh ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani or Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti (may Allah be well pleased with them both) is in actual fact the Prophets supplication (dua).

The Holy Prophets authority is such that whatever he says becomes law. Once he announced that Pilgrimage (Hajj) is compulsory and a companion asked if it was compulsory on every Muslim, every year. He answered that, 'if I say yes! It would become.' The whole Ummah can say yes to something prohibited and it will never become permissible. Yet if the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him and his family) says yes, once, it becomes law.

Hukm nafis heh tera, saif teri, kaamah tera

Dum meh joh aaye kare, dohr heh shaaha tera

Your authority prevails (O Beloved of Allah), the sword (scissor) is yours and the pen is yours (write the law or cut from it)

Do whatever you desire; this age is your age.

A Companion (Sahaabi) once came to the Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) and confessed that he has three bad habits of lying, stealing and consuming alcohol. He asked the Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) to give him permission to commit two and prohibit one. The Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said he must stop lying. In effect this gave him permission to stealing and consuming alcohol. If any Religious Scholar (Aalim) does this it will constitute kufr. Only the Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) has the authority to do this.

In the Al-Muwatta Hadith no 18.29 and many others on Making Amends (Kaffara) for Breaking the Fast in Ramadan. I present a summary of all combined.

Said ibn al-Musayyab (may Allah be well pleased with him) reported that a Bedouin came to the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him and his family), beating his breast and tearing out his hair and saying, 'I am destroyed.' The Messenger of Allah asked him as to why he was distressed and he said, 'I had intercourse with my wife while fasting in Ramadan.' The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, asked him if he was able to fast for 60 consecutive days. He pleaded that he was not able to keep one so how would he survive fasting for 60 consecutive days. The Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) then offered him the alternative of feeding sixty poor persons sufficiently. He said that he was too poor to afford this. The Prophet (Peace be upon him and his family) asked him if he was able to free a slave or to give away a camel? Again the man answered in that he could not. The Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) asked him to sit down. A while passed and someone brought a large basket of dates as a gift for Messenger of Allah. The Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) called the Bedouin and told him to take the dates and give it away as sadaqa to the poor. The man enquired if he must give it to people poorer than him. The Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said yes and the man said that there was no one more needy than hum in Madinah. The Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) smiled and said that he should eat the dates himself and fast one day for the day when you had intercourse.

It is reported in Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 5.76 and the Hadith is narrated by al Miswar bin Makhrama (may Allah be well pleased with him)

Hazrath Ali asked for the hand of the daughter of Abu Jahl. Bibi Fatimah (may Allah be well pleased with her) heard of this and went to Allah's Apostle protesting. She said that the Muslims say that the Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) does not become angry for the sake of his daughters. She wanted him to take action so she expressed her grief at the news that Hazrath Ali is going to marry the daughter of Abu Jahl as another wife. On hearing what Fatimah said the Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said that Fatimah is a part of him and he hates to see her being troubled. He said, “By Allah, the daughter of Allah's Apostle and the daughter of Allah's enemy cannot be the wives of one man." He thereby forbade Ali (may Allah be well pleased with him) from taking another wife whilst Fatimah (may Allah be well pleased with her) was alive.

Hazrath Ali (radiallahu anhu) could have protested citing the Qur’aanic verse of Sura 4 an-Nisaa: Verse 3 that a man is allowed four wives.

But Hazrath Ali is the father of Tassawuf and the door to the City of Love. He knew the authority of the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him and his family). And he had understood the verse in Sura 4 an-Nisaa: Verse 80

Only Rasulallah (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) has the authority to not allow a man to have more than one wife.

Hazrath Abu Zayd (may Allah be well pleased with him) reports in Sahih Muslim Hadith no. 6913 that:

the Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) led us in the fajr prayer and then mounted the pulpit and addressed us until it was (time for the) zuhr prayer. He then came down the pulpit and observed prayer and then again mounted the pulpit and again addressed us until it was time for the Asr prayer. He then again came down and observed the prayer and again mounted the pulpit and addressed us until the sun was set and he informed (about) everything that lay hidden in the past and what lies in (the womb of) the future. The most learned amongst us is one who remembers them well amongst us.

Hazrath Rabiah bin Kab, the fortunate servant (khadim) of the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him and his family) reports in Hadith number 990 in Sahih Muslim that one night I brought water for the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him and his family) and he said to me Ask me for anything you like. (sal rabbiya). Hazrath Rabiah bin Kab (may Allah be well pleased with him) said: “I ask your company in Paradise, O Rasulallah! I want to serve you in the next world as I am serving you now.” He (Peace be upon him and his family) asked if I require anything else besides that and I said that is all (what I require). He said: Then help me to achieve this for you by devoting yourself often to prostration.

Imam Sharani (may Allah be well pleased with him) states the Holy Prophet said ‘ask me’ (salni).

Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be well pleased with him) narrates in Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith number 5.428

When the Trench was dug, I saw the Prophet in the state of severe hunger. I went to my wife and said, "Have you got anything (to eat), for I have seen Allah's Apostle in a state of severe hunger." She brought out for me, a bag containing one Sa of barley. We had a baby goat, which I slaughtered whilst, and my wife ground the barley. I cut the meat into pieces and put it in an earthenware (cooking) pot, and returned to the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him and his family). My wife said, "Do not disgrace me in front of Allah's Apostle and those who are with him." So I went to him and said to him secretly, "O Allah's Apostle! I have slaughtered a she-animal (i.e. kid) of ours, and we have ground a Sa of barley that was with us. So please come, you and bring another person along with you." The Prophet raised his voice and said, "O people of the Trench! Jabir has prepared a meal so let us go." Allah's Apostle said to me, "Don't put down your earthenware meat pot (from the fireplace) or bake your dough till I come." So I went home and the Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) too, came, proceeding before the people. When I came to my wife, she said, "May Allah do so-and-so to you." I said, "I have told the Prophet of what you said." Then she brought out to him (i.e. the Prophet) the dough, and he spat in it and invoked for Allah's Blessings in it. Then he proceeded towards our earthenware meat-pot and spat in it and invoked for Allah's Blessings in it. Then he said (to my wife), -Call a lady-baker to bake along with you and keep on taking out scoops from your earthenware meat-pot, and do not put it down from its fireplace." They were one thousand (who took their meals) and by Allah they all ate. When they left the food and went away, our earthenware pot was still cooking (full of meat) as if it had not decreased, and our dough was still being baked as if nothing had been taken from it.

This was the Belief (aqidah) of the Companions (Sahaba). Jabir (may Allah be well pleased with him) knew that the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him and his family) was his guest and the others were the guests of the Holy Prophet, the master of both the worlds.

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